Originally Posted By: dweste
Still a bit fuzzy on how you deploy all this.

If it was killer cold, which would be the outside layer, which the next, etc.

Or, if it is esier, staring from the innermost [the underwear, I assume] what layer is next, etc.

Thanks.


I wish I could draw this...it's how I planned it out in the first place last year. Here it is again starting from the inner most layer using winter as an example since it's got most of the layers

  • Long underwear is the inner most layer obviously.
  • AMK 2.0 bivy is next. It acts as a vapor barrier and radiated heat reflector
  • Aleutian sleeping bag is next as the main insulation
  • Penguin overbag as extra insulation
  • All this goes on top of a MEC Kelvin 2.5 sleeping pad
  • All the above goes inside an REI minimalist bivy
  • Under it all is the closed cell sleep pad.


With the exception of the pads the whole thing is kept together and rolled up all nested inside itself toe first. Then I put it into an Outdoor Research drycomp compression bag so it fits nicely into my pack. The summer set gets similar treatment only in a smaller compression bag.